The judge noted that Samsung claimed to have attempted to work around the patents, that they were a small number of the numerous features in the devices and that it didn't follow that the devices should be banned as a result of the jury finding. Judge Koh concluded that the public would be harmed by a ban.

The judge also denied a Samsung motion to dismiss the verdict because of alleged juror misconduct.

There are many remaining motions for Judge Koh in the case. The fate of the jury's $1.05 billion award  which an Apple attorney termed a "slap in the wrist"  is still not set.

Just because the server market's in the doldrums doesn't mean innovation has ceased. Far from it -- server technology is enjoying the biggest renaissance since the dawn of x86 systems. But the primary driver is now service providers, not enterprises.